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FAfALITIES AND
ACCIDENTS.
ídOTOR CYCLIST INJURED.
Mr. B. Hocking, a motor cyclist, who' took part in the speed competition at the Afvadows on Saturday afternoon, met with a nasty accident ¡when returning to the city. , Mr. Hocking, who was riding a high-powered machine, was turning .a bend in the road between Aldgate and Stirling, when he appears to have made a too wide sweep, with the result that, his machine . struck the fence. He" was found Hn an unconscious condition. _ In response to a telephone message received in Adelaide at about 7.30 p.m. at his motor garage, Mr.
Tresize drove a car to the svene of the. accident and brought Mr. Hocking to Unley,- where he was attended by Dr. Ruisell. It was found that he had sustained several severe cuts on the, face, his nose, chin, and ear being badly 'in- jured. Dr. Russell attended his in uries,
and he wa-s removed, to his home nt Unley, ' where he^ is now progressing favorably.. Tlie injuries are not regarded as serious.
MOTOR VEHICLE ON FIRE.
Constable White reported to the City Watchhouse authorities that at about 9.30 on Saturday evening Mr. Walter Cloy, motor driver for Mr. Charles Smith, livery stablekeeper, of Waymouth street, was feeding petrol into the tank of a motor car which was standing near an unprotected light in Flinders street. The petrol ignited, with the result that the paint on the vehicle was charred, a guard post in the street' damaged, and the verandah of the London Inn was also charred. The Fire Brigade was speedily on the spot, and by the use of chemicals the fire was extinguished before any other damage was done.
A SUDDEN DEATH.
Dr. McDonald, of Hutt-street, reported I to the_ city watchhouse that at 10.40 p m.
on Friday he was called to a house in' Gray-street to attend to Mrs. Naomi
Billett, aged about 52 years. On hi"* ar-1 lival he found the woman sitting on the sofa dead. <Her husband told the doctor that" hie wife appeared to- be m her usual health on Friday, and she died shortly
Deiore his ai rival.
A .TUMP FOR SAFETY.
Belalie North, November 27.
» Mrs., F. Cummins had an unenviable experience on Tuesday while returning from the township (where she had taken her eldest daughter to school), ihe horse took lnght at the train and turned'short. Mrs. Cumming thought the buggy would capsize, and - jumped out, with " her youngest daughter, who waa with her. They were not hurt. The horse was brought to a standstill by the railway
feno.
DOG LEADS TO ITS MASTER'S
BODY.
Sydney, November 29.
A shooting accident occurred near New Brelong, by which Joseph William Har rould, owner of a homestead selection, lost his life» Mr. Harrould and a mate were going to return a sulky' they had borrowed. On the way the former go out to shoot rabbits. His mate re- turned to the hut ' and went out in search of Mr. Harrould. At daylight the following morning he informed a ne'tgu bor, wiho with a number of others scoured the country. They found a dog re- turning to the hut for a drink, and the animal proceeded to its master's body, over which it had faithfully kept watch. The body was found with the head rest- ing on a log and a shot Wund in the right side, which had penetrated the
lungs.
A REMARKABLE FATALITY.
, , Sydney, November 29.
A peculiar accident happened at Wat- son's Bay th;s afternoon. Two boys, Nor- man Owosty.and David Lynch, both resi- dents of Surry Ï1 ills, were playing on the oliffe. Lynch had climbed down some distance when vOwosty fell from above and landed on Lynch's head. . The latteris neck was broken, and he d;ed immediately. Owosty fell a distance of 100 ft., and waa taken to the hospital suffering from con-
cussion.
A CHILD POISONED.
Melbourne, November 29.
William Alfred Bradford, aged 13 months, of Campbell-street, Coburg, died suddenly on October 25 from strychnine poisoning., ,The circumstances of his death were enquired' into ,bv the deputy coroner. Alfred William Bradford, store man, stated that' he kept poisoned wheat on the premises, and it was placed on a shelf in the bathroom. 6 ft. from the floor. On the Thursday before hie child died some of the 'Wheat was placed on the floor of 'his bedroom. The child used to crawl about the floor. Charles Albert Price, Government analyst, reported that an examination of the contents ¿-sof the child's stomach showed that «wychnine had been swallowed. A verdict that death was caused by strychnine poison, taken in poisoned wheat, and that death was .due to misadventure waa returned.
LITTLE GIRL BURNT TO DEATH.
Melbourne, November 29.
A little girl. Myra Madeline . Holland, of Nott-street, Port Melbourne, died, from shock 'caused by burns in the Children's Hospital on November 17. * The burns were caused by petrol catching fire and setting her clothes alight. At the in- quest Hugh William Ross, clerk, of*>195, Nott-street, Port Melbourne, stated that he was pouring petrol into his motor cycle in the evening, when he struck a match to see if any were spilled. It burned his finger, ond he dropped it. with the re- sult that some petrol on the ground caught fire., and the little girl's clothes were set alight. She had been holding the jug for him. The coroner returned a verdict of accidental death.
A ZOO ACCIDENT.
Melbourne, November 29.
At the Zoo to-day David Horsfall, a lad aged 12, attempted to induce a leopard to eat pr-anuts, and in doing so got hurt. The boy ventured too close to the cage, and the leopard reaching his paw through the bars, grasped him by the hand, and draw- ing h'm close up to the bars got another nold on the back of his neck. The boy succeeded in struggling free, but his hand and neck were co'nsiderablv lacerated. He .s now undergoing treatment at the Mel- bourne Hospita!. '
BOY RUN OVER.
' Melbourne, November 29.
Death "by misadventure was the finding of Dr. R. H. Cole, the coroner, at' the morgue yesterday, after holding an enquiry into the case of* Maurice Burn, 5, of Brix ton-street, Newmarket.
' It was stated in evidence that the boy was hanging 'behind a cart, and on step- ping to the roadway, was run ovet by another vehicle which was coming along immediately behind.
ABANDONED INFANT DIES.
Melbourne, November 29.
I At the morgue yestertlay Dr. Cole, the coroner, returned a finding that a mai* child, name unknown, abo it 16 day3 old,
while in the charge of Harriet Drummond, ¡ a registered nurse, died from inanition ami inability to digest artificial food. Na blame was attachable to the nurse.
Evidence was given that the child, when ' about 24 hours old, was found in a church- ' yard at Port Melbourne, and was handed over to the care of the matron of the1
Neglected Children's Department Depot at ¡ Royal-Park. The-department, being un- able to procure a wet nurse for the child,, hoarded it but to Nurse Drummond.
THROWN FROM A TRAP.
Melbourne, November 29.
Mrs. D. Cohen and her son, Samuel Cohen, of 151, Eastern-road. South Mel- bourne, were driving to market on Satur- day, when the horse took fright and bolte! along St. Kilda-road. Both were thrown out. Two. men took Mns. Cohen to the Homoeopathic Hospital, where she was ad- mitted by Dr. E. C. Gould. She had sus- tained a fractured collarbone, a sprained wrist, and was suffering severely from shock. The boy escaped injury.
THREE MEN DROWNED.
. Wellington, November 29.
While a coastal steamer was picking np wool at Tea wahi on-the east coast, a surf boat containing four men was going ashore for a load. The oil engine broke down, and the anchor was dropped, but the heavy sea swamped the boat. Three men were* drowned, Messrs. William Lya'l Leers, first mate: O'Brien, and Matheson, able seamen. The fourth man was picked up exhausted by a lifeboat.